The sun is high

After a whole morning of commotion, order on the Windless One seemed to have returned to normal.

In this brief and unspeakable chaos, scholar Legel from the Principality of Bult and his assistants and apprentices disappeared inexplicably for a period of time, while a member of the dwarf mission unfortunately died, and most of the people on the ship Most passengers only know that something happened, but they are unable to know the specific process and development of the situation.

After thinking and recalling, these passengers were surprised to find that the unexpected incident on the Windless One seemed to be related to the young "legendary" again, but when they wanted to find the Dawn Society's When he came to Shuge Ernst, he found that he was nowhere to be found.

Of course ordinary people can't find him now.

After realizing the complexity of the problem, Shuge returned to the Legal Committee Laboratory on the ship with some of the blood and flesh samples collected in the cabin. All his important belongings had also been transferred here, including naturally The huge kettle containing "Giustina".

Although there are many passengers on the Windless One, there are really not many who can be called magic scholars, and there are even fewer people who have sufficient research on magical creatures. After some mobilization, there are only six or seven People were summoned by the Legal Committee, and there was even an elf scholar among them who didn't understand the situation at all.

Shuge hopes that in the coming time, they can find some important clues from the remains of the deformed crayfish and several "skinworms".

Faced with these strange existences that were completely unfamiliar and were very different from the life in Van En's existing system, the scholar Legeer, who was unattractive and had a bad reputation, took the initiative to stand up.

Yes, Legere is counted among them.

This is the result of Xiuge’s strong request.

Although Legere has a poor image in the eyes of the public and his personal academic ability is questionable, Shuge believes that since Legere can use his academic achievements to remove himself from Merlin Lehe's blacklist, he can directly Winning that invitation letter means that his personal abilities have been recognized by the Legal Committee.

In this case, as long as you confirm that this guy has no connection with the Black Sun Society, you can use it with confidence.

Facing the "invitation" from Xiuge and the Legal Committee with a somewhat tough attitude, Legere was originally very resistant. After all, he felt that he had just suffered extremely unfair treatment.

However, all his dissatisfaction disappeared when he saw with his own eyes the bizarre corpses preserved in the containers and the "skinworms" crawling in the alchemy tank.

When the scholars began to try to advance their arduous task, Shuge locked himself in the laboratory with part of the crayfish's blood.

Faced with the strange atmosphere and the seemingly urgent situation, Xiuge did not hesitate. He immediately used magic to hypnotize himself and entered the dream sanctuary.

However, he did not find Theseus in the sanctuary at all.

The desk occupied by Theseus was empty, and the computer he always used to play various games was rarely turned off. As for messages and reminders, not a single thing was left.

It seemed that this guy was "out" again, and compared to the last time, Theseus seemed to be in more of a hurry this time, without even the slightest warning before this.

Seeking external forces and shortcuts was fruitless, but Xiuge did not feel disappointed, because in his expectation, in the face of this situation, Theseus would probably not give any help except verbal help. If he wanted to solve the problem, In the end you have to figure it out yourself.

So, after escaping from the dream, Xiuge took out the "Color of Life" that he had planned to feed to "Justina". He planned to compare these samples carefully to confirm them. the difference between.

The lid of the huge kettle was slowly pushed open.

Then, "Justina", who was much larger than before, slowly came out.

It curiously looked at the unfamiliar environment around it, then shrank into a ball on an empty chair next to it, and began to quietly observe Xiuge's every move.

And when Shuge began to try to extract the blood of the deformed crayfish, he felt a strong sense of curiosity and longing through the magical connection between himself and "Justina".

Facing his "father" who always doted on him, this honest child did not do much to hide his true thoughts.

Although it is smart enough now, it still cannot understand the slightly complicated vocabulary of "experimental sample". Therefore, when it judges these things, it will still instinctively use "can eat" and "cannot eat" as the most basic basis. standard.

Of course "Justina" had no way of getting a positive answer from Shuge. No matter how Shuge had spoiled it before, it was absolutely impossible to pour this important blood into its "mouth" now.

However, "Justina's" reaction also made Shuge realize that the blood in front of him and the "Color of Life" were indeed highly similar in basic properties. Only in this way would "Justina" be interested in The blood showed such a clear thirst.

In order to ensure that there would be no mistakes in the experiment, the power of the messenger in the mirror was directly summoned by Xiuge. A deep black mask appeared on his palm, and as the mask touched his face, the cold magic power immediately engulfed Xiuge's body. It was pulled and kneaded into a strange shape.

This was a Law Council mage who had studied in Merlinlehe, and was devoured and died by the descendants of Dark Abyss in Salem City.

Although his personal strength is very ordinary, he performed well in magic experiments during his further training. This kind of memory and ability just meet the current needs of Xiuge.

Afterwards, Xiuge handed over the movements in his hands to those inexplicable habits and instincts.

"Justina" who was standing by looked at Shuge's every move curiously. It did not judge its identity by appearance and body shape. It had a close relationship with Shuge. It knew very well that its "father" was still with him. In front of me, it's just a change of appearance that doesn't mean much.

It saw that Shuge skillfully separated part of the blood of the deformed crayfish and poured it into a clean alchemical solution.

This solution is the base for most magic experiments. It has been specially processed by healing mages. Therefore, this clear liquid can often maintain the activity of blood, organs and even biological fragments placed in it, and even some special After the magical biological tissue is placed in it, its activity will be restored to a considerable extent.

The blood that Xiuge is dealing with now seems to be this type.

After a part of the blood fell into it, the unique psychedelic color began to spread rapidly in the clear liquid. It looked like thick ink dripping into clear water, but the blood did not quickly infect the alchemical solution into It looked turbid, but took on another form.

Shuge was surprised to find that these special bloods still maintained a relatively cohesive state in the solution. They seemed unwilling to leave each other and were still "connected" to each other.

After realizing this particularity, deep magic power immediately surged into Xiuge's eyes, turning his pupils into a thick black mist.

In the magical field of vision, Xiuge discovered that these successfully activated blood remained consistent in the fluctuations of power. They were like breathing or heartbeat, constantly releasing their own power at a certain stable frequency. Or recycling, and in the process, they begin to grow in size at a slow rate.

Later, some pure "Color of Life" was extracted by Xiuge, and he hoped to compare the two substances.

The result was beyond Shuge's expectation.

The power contained in the "color of life" is much more abundant than the blood of deformed crayfish, but strangely, when they are put into the alchemical solution, they spread quickly like the most ordinary liquid. Evenly dispersed in all solutions, giving them a light psychedelic color.

"It seems that although the properties of the two are similar, the former behaves more like a real life, while the latter is more neutral and does not have any pure power of will and instinct?"

Xiuge speculated silently in his heart, and then directly started the "feeding" and "stimulation" tests.

The results of this series of tests surprised him even more.

He discovered that the blood actually had the ability to devour, digest and grow. They reacted very vividly to magic and magic crystal fragments. Under the stimulation of these external forces, there were only a few drops of blood actually growing. , its size has more than doubled.

Facing the destructive dark abyss magic, they were extremely resistant. Before the small amount of magic from Xiuge could get close, the colors sank directly to the bottom of the solution.

And when Xiuge took the fresh fish meat that had been prepared in advance and put it into the solution, these strange colors gathered spontaneously and adhered to the surface of the minced fish meat.

Correspondingly, "Color of Life" did not respond at all to these temptations.

Not long after, Shuge brought some special "food".

Those were several extremely small live cyanobacteria shrimps. They were originally special "food" prepared by Scholar Legere for several magic fishes he carried with him. These cyanobacteria shrimps are very energetic and can survive even after changing the environment twice. Still alive and kicking.

After being prepared, the two cyanobacteria shrimps were thrown into their own "new world" respectively.

The cyanobacteria shrimps that were put into the solution mixed with the "Color of Life" became extremely active. Under the magical vision, Xiuge noticed that the "Color of Life" in the solution seemed to have a certain reaction to living life, and they actively moved towards it. The direction of the cyanobacteria shrimp was attached to the past, but obviously the power that this cyanobacteria shrimp could carry was extremely limited, so soon, the "color of life" in the solution tended to stop.

On the other side, those psychedelic colors that had a clear response to magic power and flesh and blood immediately gave up the previous minced fish and surrounded their "targets". Under Xiuge's gaze, these strange The power finally entangled the cyanobacteria shrimp, and then began to "invade" its body.

Just when this process was initiated, "Justina" on the side made a rare and slight noise.

It became alert, and the object of alert was the experimental sample in front of Xiuge!

The cyanobacteria shrimp, which was only the size of a finger, quickly became inactive under the intrusion of external forces, but it did not die. Xiuge saw that those weak forces were entangled and fused with the body of the cyanobacteria shrimp. He could even use the With magical vision, I saw these colors flowing rapidly in that small body.

Then, the distortion began.

Cyanobacteria shrimp like to gnaw seaweed. They do not have too obvious chelicerae, and their bodies are quite slender. But under the influence of this force, Xiuge saw that its two tentacles began to extend forward. This The process is very violent, and is obviously accompanied by the tearing and repair of limbs.

Its body began to become wider, and nourished by the strange vitality, the seemingly fragile translucent carapace began to become thicker and stronger, and the colors that Xiuge had seen in deformed crayfish also appeared in these. The carapace slowly emerged.

What's even more weird is its head.

The eyes of the cyanobacteria shrimp have almost completely degenerated, but now, the two small eyes that have almost no practical significance have begun to evolve under the influence of this force. They have begun to grow in size, like inflated balls. The sides of their heads protrude and push outwards with force.

Finally, there was color in the two dark eyeballs.

The psychedelic light and shadow flowed into it and turned quickly. Then the cyanobacteria shrimp, which had expanded a lot, swung its body, raised its head, and began to observe the outside world.

However, just when Xiuge thought it was about to undergo more changes, the two huge eyeballs suddenly turned in the direction of Xiuge, and the moment these flowing rays of light came into contact with Xiuge, this The creature floating in the solution began to tremble violently. Its newly formed body made a few crisp sounds, and a large number of cracks spontaneously appeared on the carapace.

However, at the next moment, several soft tentacles composed of black mist shadows suddenly stretched out, and the dark abyss mist that could suppress and restrain the power of "Color of Life" surged out, instantly removing the cyanobacteria in the container. The shrimp is trapped to death.

With his keen Charron's touch, Shuge could clearly feel that the cyanobacteria shrimp, which was obviously conscious, was beating and trembling violently, but it had no way to mobilize its own power to end its own life.

At this moment, a smile appeared on Xiuge's face.

"Finally caught it...what, do you want to die again?"